CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2023
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IF 15.1
Wenpeng Wu,Xinqun Zhang,Yukun Xiao,Zhihua Cheng,Tian Yang,Jinsheng Lv,Man Yuan,Jiajia Liu,Yang Zhao
The direct electrolysis of abundant near-neutral seawater resources for hydrogen production faces significant challenges due to insufficient catalyst activity and salt toxicity. Herein, we demonstrate a novel dendritic urchin-like MoC/MoS 2 heterojunction in-situ formed on carbon cloth (CC@MoC/MoS 2 -H) through a combination of hydrothermal and high-temperature annealing processes. This unique dendritic urchin-like structure consists of numerous nanorods on carbon cloth, which enhances the catalytic active sites and provides space for efficient bubble release. The resulting CC@MoC/MoS 2 -H exhibits superior catalytic performance, with an overpotential of 91 mV and 136 mV at the current density of 10 mA cm −2 in the 1 M PBS electrolyte and natural seawater, respectively, surpassesing that of most non-noble metal compounds reported previously. Finite element simulations reveal that the urchin-like structure has significantly higher bubble release capacity compared to the randomly stacked structure. Additionally, the urchin-like structure demonstrates substantially greater current density retention under electrolytic conditions designed to simulate salt accumulation, in comparison to the small-size structure. Furthermore, the average H 2 production efficiency of 78,493 μmol h −1 g −1 was evaluated for three consecutive hours using commercial solar panels rated at 2 V on a large-scale electrode assembly from seawater, which is comparable to the present photocatalytic hydrogen production efficiency. This work opens new avenues for the development of catalytic structures compatible with seawater.
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Polymers
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2020
·Vol. 12
·期 4
·955
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IF 3.426
Hongzhong Tan,Jincheng Mao,Wenlong Zhang,Bo Yang,Xiaojiang Yang,Yang Zhang,Chong Lin,Jianfa Feng,Hao Zhang
Three kinds of drag reducer were synthesized by inverse emulsion polymerization and named PHWAM-1, PHWAM-2, and PHWAM-3. Drag reduction (DR) tests showed that the three drag reducers have different DR characteristics in fresh water and various saline waters because of their different types of hydrophobic monomers. PHWAM-1, without hydrophobic monomers, performs better in fresh water, while PHWAM-2 and PHWAM-3, with hydrophobic monomers, perform better in brine. In addition, PHWAM-3, which has twin-tailed hydrophobic monomers, performs best in high-concentration brine. Measurements of micro-particle size and observations of spatial structure suggest that although the stronger hydrophobic polymer has no DR advantage over a linear polymer in fresh water, the molecular chains form a mutually associative supporting structure that improves the DR performance over that of a linear polymer in high-concentration brine.Keywords:hydrophobic associating polymer;drag reducer;salt tolerance
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2024
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IF 8.3
Daqi Li,Dujie Zhang,Fan Li,Qiaoling Xiang,Yuan Dong,Lizhu Wang
Traditional granular hydrogels showed excellent injectivity, thermal integrity, and efficient remediation of heterogeneous reservoirs. However, granular hydrogels have demonstrated their inability to adapt to fractures due to the lack of sufficient interactions. Herein, we present new nanocomposite hydrogels consisting of cationic nanogelators and anionic granular hydrogels that can chemically in situ reform bulk hydrogels in the fractures. Interestingly, our granular hydrogels showed recross-linking independence on carrying fluids, contrary to prior reported fluid-dependent recross-linking granular hydrogels. The recross-linking of nanogelators and granular hydrogels can be accomplished from room temperature to 130 °C. The nanocomposite hydrogels displayed increased shear elastic moduli compared to pristine anionic granular hydrogels, probably due to the increased covalent cross-links formed by the homogeneous regenerative approach. We found that the granular hydrogels had high salinity tolerance even in the presence of 1000 ppm divalent ions of calcium (Ca2+) since Ca2+ ions often act as the cross-linker for partially hydrolyzed acrylamide-based hydrogels. Overall, we obtained new regenerative nanocomposite hydrogels based on cationic nanogelators and anionic granular hydrogels for fracture treatments.
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生物医学工程
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石油工程
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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
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2019
·Vol. 136
·期 20
·47539
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IF 2.188
Ruiyang Chen,Shibin Wang,Xin Shen,Feng Zhao,Jianchun Guo
Ca 2+ tolerance of water-soluble polyacrylamide is a key problem in application fields. It is urgent to make the mechanism of between the polyacrylamide and Ca 2+ clear. A terpolymer polyacrylamides including the sulfonate group with different monomer concentrations is synthesized. The effect of the CaCl 2 concentration on the rheological properties is measured by a rheological rheometer. The zeta potential of the copolymer solution is obtained by a zeta potentiometer to learn about the electrical characteristics of the copolymers in solution. The microcosmic shape of the copolymer aqueous solution is investigated by a laser particle analyzer and an environmental scanning electron microscope. The results show that more sulfonate groups on the molecule can enhance the salt tolerance of the polyacrylamide. Sulfonate groups can weaken the effect of Ca 2+ on the copolymer through the formation of complexes, whereas the self-aggregation process of the copolymer cannot be stopped at high Ca 2+ concentrations. This study provides theoretical guidance to elucidate the influencing rules and mechanism of calcium salt on the polyacrylamide containing a sulfonate group, which can be helpful for polyacrylamide modification and can improve the application of polyacrylamide under the condition of higher salt concentration. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2019 , 136 , 47539.
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2022
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Tengfang Zhang,Ziqi Wu,Huafeng Zhu,Zhikun Wang,Shuangqing Sun,Songqing Hu
Hypothesis Natural polymer chitosan (CS) has been widely used as emulsifier due to its good stability, salt-resistant, and stimuli-responsive demulsification . However, chitosan is a hydrocarbon structure molecule containing -NH 3+ and -OH with low surface activity, which is mainly suitable for some specific oil-water systems such as corn oil and sunflower oil . Appropriate hydrophilic-hydrophobic modification of chitosan by PNIPAM not only increases its surface activity but also introduces a temperature response on chitosan. Experiments Pickering emulsions (O/W) formed by CS-PNIPAM were prepared. The stability and response performance of the emulsions were investigated by observing the macroscopic states, microscopic images, droplet size distributions, emulsion emulsification indices, water partition rates, etc. Molecular dynamics and dissipative particle dynamics simulations were used to reveal the distribution pattern of the emulsifiers at the water-oil interface and clarify the stabilization and pH/temperature response mechanism of the emulsions. Findings CS-PNIPAM performs excellent emulsification in various oil phases. The addition of salt ions enhances the stability performance of the emulsion. At low pH, CS will be protonated to break the emulsion, while increasing the pH will deprotonate CS and reform the emulsion. Also, the increase of temperature to 80 °C leads to emulsion breakage due to the agglomeration of PNIPAM.
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2024
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IF 8.1
Tingting Deng,Lina Lv,Xiaoyu Li,Jun Wen,Hao Li,Hao Peng,He Chen,Chang Liu,Lianggui Bao,Caiping Dang,Yihao You,Fangting Chi
Uranium extraction from seawater plays a key role in redefining the declining uranium reserves to afford sustainable nuclear power. However, it is an urgent need to develop adsorbents simultaneously possessing enhanced efficiency, collect ability, salt resistance, antibacterial properties and economy to massively extract uranium from seawater. Herein, aminomethanesulfonic acid grafted polyamidoxime fibers (PAO-AMS-A) with hydrophilicity, salt resistance and antibacterial properties were prepared. The resulting fibers display high salt resistance and high uranium uptake capacity, providing the fibers a very high adsorption efficiency of 554.09 mg g −1 in pure uranium solution, 205.43 mg g −1 and 473.44 mg g −1 in 8 ppm and 20 ppm uranium spiked seawater and 10.04 mg g −1 in real seawater, respectively. Furthermore, the material exhibited good salt tolerance, and the uranium adsorption capacity was still as high as 597.97 mg g −1 in high concentrations of NaCl solution. Note that PAO-AMS-A has also good antibacterial activity, the antibacterial rate against bacteriais cultured in seawater is up to 93.49 %. Overall, PAO-AMS-A fibers are promising in industrial uranium extraction from seawater due to their high adsorption efficiency, salt resistance and antimicrobial properties.
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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
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2018
·Vol. 135
·期 48
·46892
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IF 1.901
H.L. Guan,D.L. Yong,M.X. Fan,X.L. Yu,Z. Wang,J.J. Liu,J.B. Li
The superabsorbent resin (SAR) containing sodium humate (SH) has been synthesized by free-radical graft copolymerization with acrylic acid, 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid, and SH as monomers in aqueous solution, using N,N ′-methylenebisacrylamide as crosslinking reagent and potassium persulfate as initiator. The structure and morphology of the as-prepared SARs were fully characterized by Fourier transform infrared , scanning electron microscopy and thermogravimetric analysis, respectively. Meanwhile, the effects of crosslinking reagent, initiator, SH, and neutralization degree on the water absorbency of SAR were studied. The results showed that the adding of SH in the SAR enhanced the salt-tolerating and moisture-resisting capacities obviously. The SAR without SH [poly(acrylic acid) (PAA)/2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic (AMPS)] showed a maximum water absorbency of 600 g g −1 in distilled water and 60 g g −1 in 0.9 wt % NaCl solution, while SAR modified by SH (PAA/AMPS/SH) exhibited the maximum water absorbency of 1380 g g −1 in distilled water and 117 g g −1 in 0.9 wt % NaCl solution. Furthermore, the moisture-resisting capacity of PAA/AMPS/SH decreases to 8 wt % compared with PAA/AMPS. PAA/AMPS/SH also has better water absorbency in different cation solutions. The results indicated that the introduction of SH could enhance the performance of SAR obviously. The possible reasons with this enhancement were also investigated. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2018 , 135 , 46892.
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Solar RRL
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2023
·Vol. 7
·期 24
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IF 7.9
Yang Jin,Xiaole Gong,Yujian He,Hen Wang,Shaoxiang Li,Jingquan Liu
Solar steam generation to generate steam through solar light-driven surface evaporation can be an attractive methodology that utilizes green and inexhaustible solar energy to generate water steam and fresh water with superior efficiency. However, some drawbacks of the current photothermal conversion materials such as complicated fabrication process, high cost, and low salt tolerance often heavily restrict their wide applications. Herein, a green and low-cost method is designed and developed for constructing a free-standing, elastic, and highly tough 3D network of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and MXene through an efficient “egg-box” coordination mechanism in only one step for high-efficiency water evaporation. When the mass ratios of MXene and CNTs are designed at 1:1.5 and cross-linked with sodium alginate and CaCl 2 , the obtained MCS-3 shows the most excellent light absorption and hydrophilicity, leading to the best evaporation rate of 1.644 kg m −2 h −1 , and the highest photothermal conversion efficiency of 96%. Moreover, subject to different harsh environments and durability tests, MCS-3 also shows desired structural stability and evaporation performance. As demonstrated by its extraordinary photothermal evaporation properties, MCS-3 can envision a wide range of commercial applications covering wastewater purification, brine seawater, desalination, etc.
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Biomolecules
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2024
·Vol. 14
·期 9
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Jiao Ma,Zhongke Sun,Zifu Ni,Yanli Qi,Qianhui Sun,Yuansen Hu,Chengwei Li
This study identified a salt-tolerant GH11 xylanase, Xyn st , which was isolated from a soil bacterium Bacillus sp. SC1 and can resist as high as 4 M NaCl. After rational design and high-throughput screening of site-directed mutant libraries, a double mutant W6F/Q7H with a 244% increase in catalytic activity and a 10 °C increment in optimal temperature was obtained. Both Xyn st and W6F/Q7H xylanases were stimulated by high concentrations of salts. In particular, the activity of W6F/Q7H was more than eight times that of Xyn st in the presence of 2 M NaCl at 65 °C. Kinetic parameters indicated they have the highest affinity for beechwood xylan ( K m = 0.30 mg mL −1 for Xyn st and 0.18 mg mL −1 for W6F/Q7H), and W6F/Q7H has very high catalytic efficiency ( K cat / K m = 15483.33 mL mg −1 s −1 ). Molecular dynamic simulation suggested that W6F/Q7H has a more compact overall structure, improved rigidity of the active pocket edge, and a flexible upper-end alpha helix. Hydrolysis of different xylans by W6F/Q7H released more xylooligosaccharides and yielded higher proportions of xylobiose and xylotriose than Xyn st did. The conversion efficiencies of Xyn st and W6F/Q7H on all tested xylans exceeded 20%, suggesting potential applications in the agricultural and food industries.
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Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
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2024
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Yun Bai,Yuanjie Gu,Jiayue Chen,Yiying Yue
Solar-driven desalination has received considerable attention as a promising approach to alleviate water scarcity due to its environmental friendliness and energy efficiency. In this study, an efficient biomass-based evaporator was developed through coordinating diatomite and titanium carbide MXene (Ti 3 C 2 T x ) on delignified coconut husk. Owing to the numerous hydroxyl and carboxyl groups present on the surfaces of diatomite, MXene, and the cellulose in coconut husks, the introduction of these additional hydrophilic groups stimulated water activation, thereby increasing the proportion of intermediate water. The excellent structural design and constituent materials of the evaporator contributed to reducing the evaporation enthalpy of water by approximately 18%. In addition, the obtained evaporator was light weight, remarkably strong, and exhibited an excellent light absorption capacity (∼91.48%), low thermal conductivity (0.04716 W m −1 K −1 ), and low evaporation enthalpy (∼1854 J g −1 ). The resultant evaporator delivered a water evaporation rate of 2.1 kg m −2 h −1 and a photothermal conversion efficiency of 90.64% under 1 sun exposure. The evaporator exhibited remarkable durability, salt resistance, metal ion adsorption, and dye removal properties. Therefore, this study provides a novel approach to realize the high-value utilization of waste coconut husks that is promising for solar steam generation applications.
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INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION
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2017
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IF 2.962
Weiwei Chen,Junde Li,Xiangnan Sun,Jun Min,Xiaoke Hu
A bacterial strain , CN-3, was isolated from petroleum-contaminated sediment in Bohai Bay, China. Morphological, physiological and phylogenetic analyses indicated that the strain belonged to the genus Dietzia . It was capable of utilizing a wide range of alkanes (C 14 –C 31 ), aromatic compounds and crude oil as the sole carbon and energy sources. The bacterium showed high degradation rate (>80%) of the saturated hydrocarbons of crude oil in the pH range of 6–9. The degradation rate was hardly affected at a NaCl concentration up to 85 g L −1 , indicating that the strain can tolerate high salinities . The real-time quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) results showed that the CYP153 genes could be significantly induced by C 14 , C 15 , C 16 , C 26 and pristane, whereas the transcription level of alk B gene was increased moderately with C 14 , C 15 , C 16 , C 26 and pristane induction condition. A high degradation extent, wide substrate range and facile conditions enhanced the potential for this bacterial strain to be used in the bioremediation of crude oil pollution.
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微生物学
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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
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2016
·Vol. 133
·期 30
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IF 1.866
Wei Gong,Meilan Li,Yunxiao Zang,Hao Xie,Bailing Liu,Hualin Chen
In order to control the impacts of blown sand in salty desert, in this article, the amphoteric emulsion, for the first time, was applied as an ecological sand-fixing material. This study started from the synthesis of the poly{vinyl acetate-dibutyl maleate-acrylamide-co-3-[ N -(2-methacroyloylethyl)- N, N -dimethylammonio]-propane sulfonate} [P(VAc-DBM-AM-DMAPS)] copolymer emulsion. Then, the structures, composition, thermal property of the emulsion were characterized by 1 H-NMR, FTIR, and DSC, respectively. The basic properties of the emulsion and salt tolerance of the latex films were measured by using viscometer, dynamic light scattering, and laser Doppler electrophoresis also. And the sand-fixing properties of the emulsion were evaluated. Finally, the influence of the emulsion on the growth of soil microbe and plants were discussed for understanding its ecological effect. The experimental results showed that the emulsion has been successfully synthesized and could be as an ecological sand-fixing material. The related reason is that, first, the emulsion could significantly improve the compressive strength and water retaining; second, the emulsion had good thermal aging, freeze-thaw stabilities and salt tolerance to withstand the changes in temperature and NaCl concentration of salty desert; third, the influence of the emulsion on the growth of plants and microbe of sand also showed a dependable ecological effect. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2016 , 133 , 43715.
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